City Man Found Guilty Of Attack In Barroom

A 64-year-old Bethlehem man was found guilty of aggravated assault but acquitted of attempted homicide and carrying a prohibited offensive weapon for a December 1993 barroom attack.

Pedro Gutierrez Billot, of 939 Laufer St., was released pending a presentence investigation after Northampton County Judge James C. Hogan delivered the verdict in the non-jury trial.

Hogan forbade Billot to have any weapons, drink any alcohol, have any contact with his victim, Wayne Hanley, or enter the Washington hotel at 607 Evans St. while he awaits sentencing.

Bethlehem police said Hanley tried to calm Billot down the evening of Dec. 11, 1993, when Billot pulled out a folding knife and started brandishing it in the bar. Billot slashed Hanley, who said he needed 30 stitches to close wounds on his neck.